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5 Held in Alleged Terror Plot Against Danish Newspaper

By John O. MembrinoDec 29th 2010 – 1:04PM
Polfoto / AP

Polfoto / AP

Police arrested today five people in Denmark and Sweden who are suspected of plotting what authorities called "an imminent terror attack" against a Danish newspaper that published cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Danish intelligence chief Jakob Scharf said in a statement that the suspects "must be considered...

Pakistan Bans Facebook Over Muhammad Cartoons

By Theunis BatesMay 19th 2010 – 4:02PM
K.M. Chaudary, AP

K.M. Chaudary, AP

(May 19) -- Authorities in Pakistan today blocked access to Facebook in response to popular outrage over a page on the social networking site that encourages users to post sketches of the Islamic prophet. That page -- titled "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!" -- calls on Facebook users to upload drawings of Islam's most holy...

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